Improvement in machines foe gutting staves



HENRY MARTIN, or eA-invesToN,,INDIANA..l

Leners' Patent No. 78,882, @za-tea .new 16, 186s IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FORIGUTTING STAVES..

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known 'thatv I, HENRY MAnTxN, of Galveston, in the county. of Cass, and State of Indians, have invented a new and usefulIlnprovement in Stavo-Cutting Machines gaand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will' enable others skilled in the art to. make and use the same, reference being had te' the accompanying drawings form'ingpart of this specication.

This invention consists. in the application of two knives or cutters to a stave-cutting machine, arranged in such a manner as to bevel or chamfer the ends of the stares simultaneously with'the cutting of them froth the block or bolt, and making the staves all equal in length.

i In the accompanying drawingsw '4 Figure 1 is a side sectional View of ay stave-cutting machine having my improvement applied to' it, and taken in the line a: x, iig. 2. I

Figure 2, a front View of theL same.

Figure 3, a'plan or top view of one of the cutters.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.-

A A represent two upright side pieces, to 'the front edges of which a horizontal bar, B, is attached, said bar having lingers, C, secured to it at'equal distances apart.

The inner surfaces oilthese fingersA are of curved form, as show-n clearly in g. 1, and their upper' edges are a trifle below the lower and cutting-edge of a knife, D, secured horizontally to the front edges of the sidepieces A A. I

To the twoV end-pieces c, cutters E E are attached, one to cach. These cutters are secured to the upper parts of said fingers, and extend above their upper ends, havingan inclination inward'and obliquely over the vtop edge ofthe stave, so that while the stave is being out from the'bolt, the former will have itsvrendsbev-elled bevelling or chauifering itsends, as herein shown and described.`

or chamfered oli'. This will be fullyLinderstcod.by referring to iig. ,3.

The bolt or block from which the staves are cut is placednpon-an oscillating-bed, working in an upward and downward direction. 'lhebolt and bed are shown in red in 1.

i It will, of course, be understood that'the staves,- in being bevelledor cbaziifered, as described, will allbe cut of an equal or uniform length.

I do not claim thestave-machine, for thatis an old and well-known device; but

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters llEatcnt--k The cutters ELE, constructed as described, attached to the ngers C of the stave-machine, extending above .their upper ends, and having an inclination inward a-ud obliquely over the `top edge of the stave, thereby HENRY MARTIN.

Witnesses IsABELLA KInKPATnIcK, ANN Kmxrnnox. 

